Chapter 9 Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity

An expectation that leads to behavior that causes the expectation to become a reality is called

• subjugation

• self-fulfilling prophecy

• stereotype

• assimilation

is a group identified by cultural, religious, or national characteristics

• ethnic minority

• minority

• stereotype

• self-fulfilling prophecy

A set of ideas based on distortion, exaggeration, and oversimplification is called .

• stereotype

• underclass

• racism

• genocide

is a group of people with physical or cultural characteristics different from the dominant group

• minority

• underclass

• race

• subjugation

People living in poverty and either continuously unemployed or underemployed are known as

• underclass

• poor

• ethnic minority

• minority

The denial of equal access based on law is called

• subjugation

• institutional discrimination

• hidden unemployment

• assimilation

A criminal act that is motivated by prejudice is called

• hate crime

• assimilation

• subjugation

• institutional discrimination

is a type of subjugation that takes place regardless of the law

• de facto segregation

• de jure segregation

• institutional descrimination

• hidden unemployment

People who share certain inherited physical characteristics are known as

• race

• minority

• ethnic minority

• stereotype

refers to unfair practices that are part of the structure of a society

• institutionalized discrimination

• de jure segregation

• de facto segregation

• assimilation